RESCUE. Personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao rescue stranded residents living near the flooded Bitan-ag Creek in Cagayan de Oro City as Typhoon Odette makes landfall in Mindanao Thursday afternoon (Dec. 16, 2021). The Department of Labor and Employment inthe regionon Tuesday (Dec. 21, 2021) will be extending help to workers affected bythe typhoon.(PNA photo by Jigger Jerusalem) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment in Northern Mindanao (DOLE-10) will be extending help to workers affected by Typhoon "Odette." DOLE-10 Director Albert Gutib said during a press forum Tuesday that qualified individuals will get assistance under the agency's "Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers" (TUPAD) program, which helps workers affected by calamities, typhoons, or man-made disasters. "Our affected workers due to the said typhoon will just have to go to our Public Employment Services Office or PE
Cagayan de Oro ex-rebels and housing beneficiaries (Photo courtesy of 4ID, Philippine Army) CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City - The government, through the Office of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), has awarded Certificates of Entitlement of Housing Units to members of Kapatiran in Cagayan de Oro City. The seven Kapatiran awardees are former members of the Rebolusyong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/ RPA/ABB). The awarded units at CDO Midland Valley Homes in Barangay Dansolihon is part of the commitment of the government under the 2000 peace agreement between the government and the RPM-P/ RPA/ABB. The awarding ceremony on November 17 was attended by Director Susana Guadalupe Marcaida of OPAPP; Wane Espela of the National Housing Authority Region 10; Lt. Col. Joram Jumalon, Deputy Director of the city police office; Maj. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., commander of the 4th Infantry Division Comma